Greek karatekas will participate in five finals in the European Championship that ends this weekend in Turkey.
After the four individual qualifiers by Dionysis Xenos, Stefanos Xenos, Vicky Panetsidou, Kelly Kidonaki, the national Koumite will also claim a medal in Gaziantep, as today it secured its participation in the “small” final. We remind you that Greece had won five medals in the immediately previous event (2021) in Porec, Croatia.
Giorgos Tzanos, Haris Giannakos, Konstantinos Mastrogiannis, Dimitris Stolis, Dionysis and Stefanos Xenos started with a 3-1 victory over the mighty Serbia, “silver” in the recent World Championship in Dubai and continued with a 3-0 victory over Cyprus and 3-1 on Spain. In the semifinals they lost 3-0 to Azerbaijan and so on Sunday they will claim the bronze medal against Portugal.
The program of the Greek finals of the weekend
Saturday, May 28
09:30 + 68kg (C) 3rd place: Kidonaki – Lucia Lesiak (Croatia)
10:00 -68kg (C) 3rd place: Panetsidou – Anita Makian (Armenia)
16:00 -60kg (A) 3rd place: St. Foreigner – Florian Haas (Germany)
18:40 -67kg (Α) FINAL: Dion. Foreigner – Uighur Burak (Turkey)
Sunday, May 29
10:00 Team Kumite (A) 3rd place: Greece – Portugal
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